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If you didn’t get enough of Her Royal Majesty’s flavor during the Olympics you’ll be happy to know that renegade English soul-rockers The Heavy are bringing their show to LA, and more specifically the El Rey next week. Having just released their new full-length album, The Glorious Dead, The UK...

I won a copy of The Gaslight Anthem’s 2008 album The ’59 Sound at a punk show in Sacramento back in 2008 or 2009, something like that. When the radio station intern handed me the album I saw that she had a few other albums in her hand and I...

Words and Photos by Ben Irwin We’ve been talking about Two Gallants a lot recently, and with good reason. This country/folk-tinged blues rock duo are really stirring things up right now. Based out of San Francisco Two Gallants are preparing to release their new album The Bloom and the Blight...

As if spending three days in the dust and sun to get your face rocked, your heart melted and your faith in humanity duly restored by the power of the amplifier (and the thousands come to worship before him), the good people of Fun Fun Fun Fest have announced that...

Tin Ear Tuesday – Crack Collosus from pinpointmusic on 8tracks Radio. I’ll be honest. I have no idea if this mix works at all. It’s a bit of an experiment due in no small part to me having nothing new and/or unusual to share with you sonically (seemingly) that doesn’t...

I never really got Ariel Pink. A few years ago one of my friends played me House Arrest in his car and laughed the whole time we were driving. It was funny to him. This noise and weirdness. I never got it. For half of a decade I watched Ariel...

The last Tape Wyrm article on proto-metal filled my heart with joy. This was compounded by the help I recieved from deathofthesun and ZeagleFiend. With friends in metal, few things can go wrong but a whole lot more can be amazing. After I breathe one more sigh of exuberance, I...

Words by Aaron Lavine // Photos By Ben Irwin Whew. Day 3. Here we go. It’s hard to get going on the third day of a festival. I’ve found that heavy drinking helps. Ironically, that’s what started this whole problem in the first place, but I’d put off the day...

Dan Deacon is about my age. At the moment, he is settling into his second decade of creating music. When I think back on Dan Deacon and his shows, I am remembering the time when Spiderman of the Rings was released to much praise, hype, and wonder. At the time...

Words by Aaron Lavine Photos By Paige K. Parsons, courtesy of Ice Cream Man (http://www.parsons.org) // (http://www.icecreamman.com) Metallica ran roughshod over the entire festival. That needs to go right up front. They blew the figurative roof off of Golden Gate Park. A chronological review of Day Two of Outside Lands isn’t...

Do you like fun? Do you like party? Do you like a late, late night parade of sweaty asses shaking and twirling as deep and as gleeful as the eye can see to the bayou bounce beats of the 3rd Ward Thriller, the Gin System Driller, the Lady Boy Killer,...